<?php
/**
 * Slipstream :: Highly adaptive dependency injection framework
 * Copyright 2010-2011 Ian Unruh (Xerof3ar)
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
namespace Slipstream;

use Slipstream\Configuration\ContextInterface;
use Slipstream\Activation\ActivatorInterface;
use Slipstream\Activation\SessionFactoryInterface;
use Slipstream\Lifecycle\Startable;

/**
 *
 *
 * @author Ian Unruh (Xerof3ar) <ianunruh@gmail.com>
 * @since Class avaliable since release 1.0
 */
interface ContainerInterface extends Startable
{
	/**
	 * Activates an instance using a given identifier using the root context
	 * as the parent to the target context
	 *
	 * @param string $identifier
	 * @return object
	 */
 	public function getInstance($identifier);
	
	/**
	 * Activates an instance using a given identifier using a given context
	 * as the parent to the target context
	 *
	 * @param string $identifier
	 * @param ContextInterface $context
	 * @return object
	 */
	public function getInstanceByContext($identifier, ContextInterface $context);
	
	/**
	 * Returns the extension registry for this container
	 * @return RegistryInterface
	 */
	public function getExtensionRegistry();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the root policy context for this container
	 * @return ContextInterface
	 */
	public function getRootContext();
	
	/**
	 * Sets the activator for this container
	 *
	 * @param ActivatorInterface $activator
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function setActivator(ActivatorInterface $activator);
	
	/**
	 * Sets the session factory for this container
	 *
	 * @param SessionFactoryInterface $sessionFactory
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function setSessionFactory(SessionFactoryInterface $sessionFactory);
}